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First line is "Chatbots don’t have mothers, but if they did, Claude’s would be Amanda Askell"

...and I don't really need to read the rest of this

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Isn’t that English treasures?

2020 Academy of American Poets Prize On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

Renee Nicole Good won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize:

life is merely

to ovum and sperm

and where those two meet

and how often and how well

and what dies there.

poets.org/2020-on-lear...

Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.

Paul Singer, whose firm owns the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, spent millions in 2024 to re-elect Trump.

Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment.

A government of, by, and for the billionaires.

One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.

Our 2025 Annual Impact Report is here - and the latest figures show the real impact social investment is having across Scotland and beyond.

Read our full report to discover how we’re helping to build Scotland’s impact economy:

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#Impact #SocialEnterprise #Thirdsector #ImpactEconomy

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone. We will not let hate or those who spread it win. We stand with you.

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

📣 Calling all research staff at The University of Edinburgh 📣

Enrol in our intellectual property module as part of the Engage programme to help you understand IP, how to identify it, & how to protect it. ➡️ eil.ac/EngageIP/B

Applications Open for SGDA Games Accelerator The Scottish Game Developers Association (SGDA) has opened applications for a major new initiative aimed at fostering the next generation of games industry leaders: the SGDA Games Accelerator. Funded by the Scottish Government’s Ecosystem Fund, the accelerator is Scotland’s first dedicated business development programme for the games sector. It offers a free, intensive series of workshops designed to provide early-stage and aspiring games leaders with the practical skills and expert mentorship needed to build a successful studio.

Applications are now open for the SGDA Games Acclerator programme, the first dedicated business development programme for the games sector.

So proud of this project and excited to see what they achieve next🌊

Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?

i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!

AI boom means regulator cannot predict future water shortages in England Datacentres, which do not have to report amount of water used to cool servers, leave Environment Agency with no idea of shortfalls

So, AI companies are… mysteriously exempt from having to provide data on how much water they use from public supplies? Good good nothing could possibly go wrong there…

From this Friday, 30 May, come along to @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social to see the projects our class of 2025 Product Design Engineering students have put together!

More on this see my work with @bmittelstadt.bsky.social and @cruss.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

John Swinney urges all parties to ‘recommit’ to action on climate change The Scottish First Minister condemned ‘anti-science climate denial’ as he said the climate crisis is ‘one of the greatest global issues of our time’.

John Swinney urges all parties to ‘recommit’ to action on climate change

Scottish First Minister condemns ‘anti-science climate denial’ as he said the climate crisis is ‘one of the greatest global issues of our time’.

Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom

Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities

An Inklings Showcase: Big Ideas in Small Books at The Portobello Books... Please come and join us for An Inklings Showcase: Big Ideas in Small Books on 22nd April, at The Portobello Bookshop

Presenting our new Inklings Showcases with @portybooks.bsky.social!

We'll be doing a couple of these and our first one features Casci Ritchie, Arusa Qureshi, Xuanlin Tham and Thom James Carter!

Tues 22nd April 2025, 7pm

Tix (in-person and online): www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...

@uoelawschool.bsky.social is hiring a Teaching & Research Fellow in AI, Data & the Rule of Law.

The post will include:
✨teaching responsibilities @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
↔️collaboration across @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
🤝working closely with our CTMF team!

Apply by 2 May ▶️ edin.ac/4ih5dP9

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

This is unabashed fascism. Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' apnews.com/article/trum...

No, no, no. It is not a relatable cute fail. It's literally breaking the law to discuss classified government war plans on an unsecure system. Come on. The adding the journalist bit is not the part to focus on.

Join us in next @braiduk.bsky.social x IDI Hybrid Seminar, where Claire Paterson-Young @clcpaterson.bsky.social will discuss research findings on the study of West Midlands Police's specialist data ethics review committee.

📅 Thu 27 Mar
⏰ 4 – 5pm
📍 @inspacegallery.bsky.social/ Zoom
🎟 edin.ac/4hxm1Bs

Join us for what will be an important and inspiring discussion! Register: efi.ed.ac.uk/event/cultur...

#challengecreatechange

Congratulations to @melissaterras.bsky.social !

Five Lessons for Careful AI Adoption — Careful Industries AI might feel inescapable and overwhelming. We share 5 lessons for adopting at the speeed of trust.

So much good juice in this short and zesty read from @carefultrouble.bsky.social on AI adoption and avoiding the overwhelm: "It’s possible to be both careful and curious about technology adoption".
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-2-...

MacArthur Foundation to increase giving for two years in response to 'crisis' The John D

Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now.

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That's a weird way to spell "suspected rapist and human trafficker".

Newspaper stand with newspapers all carrying the front page Campaign 'make it fAIr'

Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training.

I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.

What Frances Stargate-style 109bn announcement means for its AI ambitions

French president Emmanuel Macron announced €109bn in AI investments, most of which are dedicated to building new data centres.

#France #AI #EmmanuelMacron

Workday launches a platform for enterprises to manage all of their AI agents in one place HR giant Workday is launching a new way for enterprises to keep track of all of their AI agents in one place. It’s also launching a few more AI agents of its own, for good measure. Silicon Valley-based Workday announced on Tuesday the release of Workday…

Workday launches a platform for enterprises to manage all of their AI agents in one place